May 24. Getting Started. "Who's a terrorist?" Frontline video, "Sleeper Cell"
May 25. Interrogation. "What's fair in interrogating suspected terrorists? Mark Bowden, "The Dark Art of Interrogation."
May 26. Torture. "Is it OK to torture enemy civilian prisoners?" Red Cross Report, February 2004; Knickerbocker, "Chain of Command"
May 27. Constitutional Dictatorship. "Should Presidents be Dictators during War?" William J. Quirk, "Constitutional Dictatorship.
May 31. MEMORIAL DAY
June 1. War Crimes. "What's a war crime?" Taylor, Introduction; War Crimes
June 2. Military Tribunals. "A Sorry History?" American Bar Association, "Task Force on Terrorism and the Law;" Michael Chertoff, "Law, Loyalty, and Terror."
June 3. Nazi Saboteur Trial I. "Were Dasch and Burger guilty?
June 7. Nazi Saboteur Trial II. "Were Kerling and Haupt guilty?
June 8. Civil Liberties and the "War on Terror." "Do enemy combatants have the right to habeas corpus?" Johnson v. Eisentrager.
June 9. Civil Liberties and the "War on Terror." What's a "terrorist unlawful combatant" and do they have any rights? U.S. Supreme Court. Rasul v. Bush (2004). Brief for Rasul. Brief for Bush. Group Assignments
June 10. Finishing Up
Daily schedule
Group Assignments
Nazi Saboteurs, mock trial and juries
Dasch Prosecution. Groups 1-2
Dasch defense. Groups 3-4
Burger prosecution. Group 5
Burger defense. Group 6
Kerling prosecution. Group 7
Kerling defense. Group 8
Haupt prosecution. Group 9
Haupt defense. Group 10
Rasul v. Bush , oral argument and decision
Government case in Rasul v. Bush. Groups1-5
Rasul case in Rasul v. Bush. Groups 6-10
Library Sources: War and Life on the Homefront
New York Times (Group 1)
Washington Post (Group 2)
Chicago Tribune (Group 3)
Chicago Defender (Group 4)
Atlanta Constitution (Group 5)
San Francisco Chronicle / Los Angeles Times (Group 6)
Minneapolis Tribune/St. Paul Pioneer Press (Group 7)
Time /Newsweek (Group 8)
Life (Group 9)
Look (Group 10)
Assignments